He loved trout. So l-- my dad was ah somebody that- he had a lot of patience. He would love to go out and- and even if he only get- got one fish throughout the day, that was fine with him because you had to have patience for trout. Trout's not ah like pickerel, or like pike where you...

And ah, if it's not fun it's like, ah- when we went past Northern-College today they were all out there with the picket signs. And I said to a friend of mine, I said "You-know-what? In my life, if my boss didn't pay me what I wanted, I just went in and shook his hand and- and thanked him for the job and I moved on."

Speaker: But during the strike, it was like "You do not go to- in this area." Interviewer: Right. Speaker: So, therefore, you can still go around to your friends, but go around the back-way. Don't go around through the- the picket area. 'Cause all you're doing is stirring a hornets'-nest, is what they- the fear was.

Yeah. I knew that if they went on to University they could type somebody's essays and make a little bit of pin money on it. Uh-huh (laughs) and ah ah and it would be a skill that would come in handy. And this was before computers were in every home. Um and you ask about a discipline.

And this one guy Gunther, always trying get (inc), he'd be sitting facing the door and he'd- he say- he says "Don't turn your back" he says. While I just walked in and Smith sitting there were two detectives. 'Cause they can pinch you for underaged eh?

Speaker: It was just- it was the policeman in town, but they were the, the bulls they call them eh? Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: Oh there they come in they says you-know. Don't move 'cause they'll pinch you eh? 'Cause we were underaged, we eighteen, we're drinking in the hotel eh?

First little while, I was a pipsqueak.

So, I-don't-know. There were a lot- I know there was a lot of- there were a lot of pit parties and there were a lot um bonfires and camp-outs and-stuff that- with strict parents, you can't go out drinking.

Yeah, this is beach-volleyball, too. Ah and a- and a fire-pit. And ah we'd hang out there a lot. ... So, I-don't-know. There were a lot- I know there was a lot of- there were a lot of pit parties and there were a lot um bonfires and camp-outs and-stuff that- with strict parents, you can't go out drinking.

So I like go there, eat, go back to class. By the end of the night I'm like "Aw fuck I'm pooched." Then we go up to my- then all- all- me and my room-mate Andy- we had like six room-mates including me- so it was me, Andy, maybe sometimes someone else would come up-

So I- I work from ten 'til ten. So I wake up, go to work for ten. Work and then by ten I'm pooched so I go home, take a shower and I go out and hang with the guys.

She was very, very, very talented. And she worked a-- when my brother was older, she worked at the theatre we had in South-Porcupine ah that was down on ah Main-Street. That was then turned into a pop-shop and I think it's nothing right now. I don't know if Pro-Hardware-Store wa-- stores lumber in there?

The old theatre I remember that is now ah a warehouse for um, the hardware store. That was a pop shop in there. Um, I remember that. McDonald's-Pop. Cream sodas especially. (laughs) And they also bottled ah Temagami-Dry-Ginger-Ale there, at one point, that I can remember. I can remember um hard- wooden sidewalks that were raised.

But he knew his- he knew his stuff the old man. I-don't-know. And I hung there in the big (inc) mills and then we expanded the mill and Aaron left and another guy came and then after that I pretty well ran the whole show 'til after- after that the hoist and the new mills and- and you got to do your own thing you-know ...

Interviewer: Did ya- so you must have placed a he-- a heavy emphasis on education with your children then or? Speaker: I told 'em ah- like they got pretty well everything they wanted (clears throat) and ah but- like I'd ah- how many times that on Saturdays and Sundays they never saw me, I wasn't working.

And Schumacher, there- there was heavy- heavy Croatian people there eh? ... That's why they have the Croatian-Hall. Which is now- it's pretty well dead.

Ah my classmates were all fifteen and sixteen, as you would expect. And ah ah their social-life was much different than mine, and ah ah you-know I was pretty well just starting to date when some of them were getting married. You-know it was ah it was difficult and never ever- it was a lot of social adjustment.

Um well, um my niece just got married in ah she got married here and ah m-- we more or less had a reunion then. Just this ah winter. ... Ah pretty well everybody came home for the...for the- the wedding.

... we went to one of the theatres in Timmins. We thought, "Oh my gosh, this is really wonderful!" That was the real highlight of our year. I think that was all the entertainment we pretty well had in high-school.

And so anyway um yeah, so s-- and he's always lived from ou-- we lived on Commercial-Avenue and he got married and he moved across the street down two (laughs) houses and he's still there. So he pretty well stuck around the same neighbourhood too, so. Anyway.